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financial crisis

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

An episode of sharp instability in the global or a local financial system in which financial assets lose a significant proportion of their value, often caused by the bursting of an economic bubble.

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  • Chinese Mandarin: 金融危機 /金融危机 (jīnróng wēijī) — episode of instability in financial systems
  • Czech: finanční krize — episode of instability in financial systems
  • Danish: finanskrise — episode of instability in financial systems
  • Finnish: rahoituskriisi — episode of instability in financial systems
  • French: crise financière — episode of instability in financial systems
  • Georgian: ფინანსური კრიზისი (pinansuri ḳrizisi) — episode of instability in financial systems
  • German: Finanzkrise — episode of instability in financial systems
  • Hungarian: pénzügyi válság — episode of instability in financial systems
  • Italian: crisi finanziaria — episode of instability in financial systems
  • Japanese: 金融危機 (kin'yū kiki) — episode of instability in financial systems
  • Kazakh: қаржы дағдарысы (qarjy dağdarysy) — episode of instability in financial systems
  • Korean: 금융위기 (geumyung'wigi) — episode of instability in financial systems
  • Mongolian: санхүүгийн хямрал (sanxüügiin xjamral) — episode of instability in financial systems
  • Norwegian Bokmål: finanskrise — episode of instability in financial systems
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: finanskrise — episode of instability in financial systems
  • Russian: фина́нсовый кри́зис (finánsovyj krízis) — episode of instability in financial systems
  • Spanish: crisis financiera — episode of instability in financial systems
  • Swedish: finanskris — episode of instability in financial systems
  • Urdu: مالیاتی بحران (māliyātī bohrān) — episode of instability in financial systems
  • Vietnamese: khủng hoảng tài chính — episode of instability in financial systems